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*.* iblic Health Laws 



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OF ILLINOIS.U^,. 



RELATING TO 



Lodging Houses, Boarding Houses, 
Taverns, Inns and Hotels 



AND 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 



OF THE 



Illinois State Board of Health 



FOR THEIR 



SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION 



[Priated by authority of the State of Illinois.] 



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ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. 



Certain sections of the State Board of Health Act confer ex- 
press authority upon the State Board of Health to supervise and 
inspect all lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns and 
hotels, in cities of 100,000 inhabitants or more, as will appear from 
the following extracts from the statutes : 

"AN ACT TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A BOARD OF 
HEALTH IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS." APPROVED 
MAY 28, 1877, IN FORCE JULY 1, 1877, AS AMENDED BY 
ACT APPROVED MAY 10, 1901, IN FORCE JULY 1, 1901. 

Powers and Authority of the Board. Sec. 2. 

The State Board of Health shall have the general supervision 
of the interests of the health and life of the citizens of the State. 
They shall have charge of all matters pertaining to quarantine, and 
shall have authority to make such rules and regulations and such 
sanitary investigations as they may from time to time deem neces- 
sary for the preservation or improvement of public health ; and it 
shall be the duty of all police officers, sheriffs, constables, and all 
other officers and employees of the State, to enforce such rules 
and regulations, so far as the efficiency and success of the board 
may depend upon their official cooperation. 

Lodging Houses, Hotels, Etc. — State Board to Have Supervision 
of — Inspection — Penalty for Obstructing Inspection. 

Sec. 15. 
The State Board of Health shall have supervision of all 
lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns, and hotels in cities 
of one hundred thousand inhabitants or more, as hereinafter pro- 
vided. They shall from time to time inspect, or cause to be 
inspected, all such lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns 
and hotels to see that the provisions of this Act are duly and prop- 
erly observed by the landlords, proprietors, keepers, managers and 
clerks of such lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns and 
hotels, and any landlord, proprietor, keeper, manager, clerk, em- 
ployee or other person connected with any such lodging house, 
boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, who shall interfere with or 
obstruct any such inspection, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding $100. 

Sleeping Rooms — Size — Passageway Between Beds — Arrange- 
ment of Beds — Penalty for Violations. Sec. 16. 

It shall be unlawful for any landlord, proprietor, keeper, man- 
ager, or clerk of any lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or 
hotel, to permit any room in such lodging house, boarding house, 



tavern, inn or hotel, to be used or occupied for sleeping purposes 
which does not contain four hundred (400) cubic feet or more of air 
space for each person sleeping therein at the same time ; and in 
every room in any lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn, or 
hotel, containing more than one bed, the beds shall be so arranged 
as to leave a passageway of not less than two feet horizontally on 
all sides of each bed ; and all beds shall be so arranged that under 
each of them the air shall freely circulate, and there be adequate 
ventilation. 

Any landlord, proprietor, keeper, manager, clerk, employee or 
other person connected with any lodging house, boarding house, 
tavern, inn or hotel, violating any of the provisions of this section, 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be pun- 
ished by a fine not exceeding $100 nor less than $25. 

Lodging House and Hotel Record — Contents of — Open for 
Inspection — Penalty. Sec. 17. 

The landlord, proprietor, keeper, manager or clerk, of every 
such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, shall keep 
in the office or other public place therein, a register, in which shall 
be entered the name and residence of every person who becomes 
a lodger, boarder or guest in said lodging house, boarding house, 
tavern, inn or hotel, and such register shall also show the number 
of the room or bed occupied by such person, and shall show the 
date of his arrival, and the period for which he engaged board or 
lodging. Such register shall always be accessible, without charge, 
to any officer or duly authorized agent of said State Board of 
Health. Any landlord, proprietor, keeper, manager or clerk of such 
lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel violating any 
of the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25, and 
not to exceed $100. 

Landlords, Etc., to File Annual Statement with County Clerk 
— Contents — Blanks Furnished by State Board of 
Health — Penalty. Sec. 18. 
With thirty days from the date upon which this Act shall take 
effect, and upon the first day of March of each succeeding year, the 
landlord, proprietor, keeper or manager of every such lodging 
house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, shall file with the 
county clerk of the county in which such lodging house, boarding 
house, tavern, inn or hotel, is located, a written statement, sworn 
to by him ; which statement shall contain the name of the person 
making the statement ; whether such person is the landlord, pro- 
prietor, keeper or manager of such lodging house, boarding house, 
tavern, inn or hotel ; the location of such lodging house, boarding 
house, tavern, in or hotel, according to the city, street and number; 
the period of time during which such person has been the landlord, 
proprietor, keeper, or manager of such lodging house, boarding 
house, tavern, inn or hotel ; the period of time during which such 
lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel has been con- 
tinuously operated as such ; the number of guests or persons then 



stopping in said lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or 
hotel, the greatest number of persons who stopped in said lodging 
house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, upon any day within 
the thirty days immediately preceding the date of such sworn state- 
ment, the smallest number of persons upon any day within said 
period of thirty days ; the total number of rooms contained in such 
lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel ; the number 
of sleeping rooms contained in such lodging house, boarding house, 
tavern, inn or hotel ; the length and breadth of the building in which 
such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel is located ; 
the number of stories comprised in such building ; the number of 
stories, and parts of stories, in such building occupied by such 
lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel ; the complete 
dimensions, in feet, respectively, of the smallest and largest sleep- 
ing room contained in such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, 
inn or hotel, and the number of beds contained in said largest sleep- 
ing room. Such statement shall be made upon blanks furnished to 
the county clerk by the State Board of Health for that purpose. 

Any landlord, proprietor, keeper or manager of any lodging 
house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, who fails or refuses to 
make and file, within and at the time herein mentioned, the state- 
ment required by this section to be made shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not 
.^'^less than $25 nor more than $100. 

It will be noticed that section two of the above Act confers 
extensive powers and important rights upon the State Board of 
Health in the discharge of their duties. They have the authority 
>^to make any and all rules and regulations as they may deem neces- 
sary to enable them to fully enforce the different provisions of the 
State Board of Health Act, including the sections above set forth. 
Such rules and regulations when promulgated, have the force and 
authority of law, and are to be enforced, if necessary, by the entire 
power of the State. 

Additional information will be cheerfully given to all who call 
at the office of the Illinois State Board of Health, at 130 North 
Fifth Avenue, Room 1101, southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 
Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois. 

By order of the Board, 

C. St. Clair Drake, M. D., 
George Delvigne, Secretary. 

Chief Inspector of Lodging Houses. 

ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE INSPECTION OF 
LODGING HOUSES, BOARDING HOUSES, ♦TAV- 
ERNS, INNS AND HOTELS. 

[Adopted October 26, 1901.] 
1. Inspection of lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, 
inns and hotels, as provided by these rules and regulations, applies, 
at the present time, only to the city of Chicago. 



2. There shall be appointed by the State Board of Health one 
chief inspector and one or .more inspectors, to whom commissions 
shall be issued by the board, signed by the secretary and executive 
officer, and bearing the seal of said board. The chief inspector 
and inspectors shall be provided with appropriate badges of author- 
ity, to be in the form of a star, with the words, "Chief Inspector," 
or "Inspector Illinois State Board of Health," thereon. There shall 
also be appointed by the board a registrar, who, in addition 
to the duties which may hereafter be required of him, shall also 
keep the records and assist the chief inspector in the performance 
of his duties. In case of absence from the State or disability of the 
chief inspector, the registrar shall act as chief inspector. The 
inspectors shall perform whatever duties may be required of them 
by the chief inspector. 

The chief inspector and the registrar shall secure a proper 
room, or rooms, for an office in the city of Chicago, from which the 
inspection of lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns and 
hotels, in that city, shall be conducted. 

3. The chief inspector shall have general supervision and 
direction of the inspection of lodging houses, boarding houses, 
taverns, inns and hotels. It shall be his duty to procure and con- 
stantly retain at his office a complete and accurate list or report 
of the lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns and hotels 
in the city of Chicago, together with the names of their landlords, 
proprietors, keepers, managers and clerks ; there shall also be 
secured by the chief inspector, and kept by him, a complete descrip- 
tion of all such lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns and 
hotels, showing the dimensions of the building, and of each room 
therein, and the number of persons for whom there are sleeping- 
accommodations in each room. 

4. It shall be the duty of the chief inspector and inspectors to 
thoroughly investigate all lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, 
inns and hotels in the city of Chicago, at regular intervals and 
ascertain whether the management of such lodging houses, board- 
ing houses, taverns, inns and hotels, fully comply with the State 
laws and city ordinances relating to lodging houses, boarding 
houses, taverns, inns and hotels. It shall also be the duty of such 
inspectors to report to the chief inspector all instances of insanitary 
conditions found in any lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn 
or hotel, providing such conditions are not immediately corrected 
by the management of such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, 
inn or hotel. / 

5. The chief inspector, registrar and inspectors are authorized 
to visit any lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel in 
the city of Chicago in the performance of their duties at any time, 
day or night, and the person in charge of such lodging house, board- 
ing house, tavern, inn or hotel, when questioned, shall give full and 
correct information to the inspector concerning compliance by the 
management of such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or 
hotel, with the laws of the State relating to lodging houses, board- 
ing houses, taverns, inns and hotels, and the inspector, upon making 



demand of the person in charge, shall be permitted to enter any 
room in such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, 
for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of the law 
are being complied with therein or not. And if met with resistance 
or threats in the performance of such duties, the inspector shall 
call upon the police or sheriff for assistance and the police or 
sheriff are hereby ordered to immediately comply with any such 
request of any inspector whenever made. 

6. Whenever an inspector finds that the management of any 
lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, has violated 
the State law or the city ordinances relating to lodging houses, 
boarding houses, taverns, inns or hotels, he shall immediately 
report such violation of the law to the chief inspector, whose duty 
it shall be to cause the swearing out of a complaint, without delay, 
against the offender, before some justice of the peace, or other 
proper authority, and cause the same to be prosecuted with vigor, 
in accordance with the law. 

7. The inspectors shall cause copies of all affidavits concerning 
lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns and hotels, to be 
submitted to the chief inspector immediately upon their being filed 
with the county clerk, and if any such affidavit, in the opinion of 
the chief inspector, does not comply with the law and regulations 
of the State Board of Health, or if any landlord, proprietor, keeper 
or manager, of any lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or 
hotel, fails to file such affidavit, within the time prescribed by law, 
or files a false affidavit, such offender shall be immediately pros- 
ecuted in accordance with the law. 

Published by order of the Board. 

C. St. Clair Drake, M. D., 
George Delvigne, Secretary. 

Chief Inspector of Lodging Houses. 



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